Novels in SMS style

This is unique, but shows that people are catching up to all kind of new innovations. In China a new kind of novel writing has emerged - each chapter contains 70 characters and send to you via SMS - the whole story, called "Outside the Fortress Besieged" totals about 4,000 words.

The potential for such kind of stories must be huge, considering the size of the Chinese mobile market, but only, if the story entices and the plot is well managed. Naturally, all of it must be succinct.

This actually follows a Japanese model where a novelist sends SMS chapters via mobile e-mail. The difference is that mobile phones can receive e-mails of up to 1,600 characters. By the way, there was once the story in Korea, where users would receive short and daily video clips as part of a story that would run for about one month.